Green Knights Lose to Monmouth at Buzzer

MONMOUTH, Ill. - Marla Willard's baseline jumper off a baseline out-of-bounds play with 1.4 seconds remaining beat the buzzer to send St. Norbert College to a 64-62 loss to Monmouth College in a Midwest Conference game at Glennie Gym.

The Green Knights (9-3, 6-1 MWC) suffered their first conference loss. Monmouth (10-3, 6-2) claimed the only meeting between the two teams in the regular season this year.

St. Norbert took a 60-56 lead with 1:41 left on a pair of Brianna Byrne free throws, but the Scots cut the deficit to one on a conventional three-point play by Paige Nord with 1:12 to go. The Green Knights answered with a Lana Tomashek jumper with 58 seconds left.

Monmouth then knotted the game at 62-62 on a 3-pointer from the wing by Kaley Corban with 37 seconds to go. The Green Knights turned the ball over with nine seconds left and a Monmouth shot missed, but the rebound went out of bounds to Monmouth to set up Willard's heroics.

St. Norbert led by as many as 10 points at 18-8 in the first half before settling on a 29-25 lead at the break. The Green Knights led 45-39 with 9:47 left before the Scots went on a 12-0 run to take a 51-45 lead with 8:04 to go. St. Norbert went on a 13-2 run to take a 58-53 lead with 4:30 left before the game's final moments.